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Post-Dynastic China a timeline
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Modern China: Qing Dynasty 1644-1911: Qing Dynasty Manchus—not Han Closed off to West 1842: Treaty of Nanjing- UK forced China to open to the West leading to… 1900: EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE 1911: Revolution– Qing Dynasty ended Ended 3,000 years of dynastic history! Revolution ended by Sun Yat-Sen
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Sun Yat-Sen Father of modern China Popular with both Communists and Nationalists Wanted Western democratic principles while keeping Chinese culture intact
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Modern China: “Chinese Republic” 1912: China becomes a Modern Republic 1921: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) founded by Mao Zedong 1927: Chiang Kai-Shek founded the Nationalist Government Nationalist = Democracy 1934: The Long March (CCP fled from Nationalists) Communists exiled 6,000 miles 100,000 began; 8,000 survived (8% survival rate) 1937-45: Japanese War Killed 20 million Chinese Ended after WWII 1945-1949: Civil War between Communists (CCP/Mao) and Nationalist Kuomintang (Democracy with Kai Shek)
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Chinese Civil War Mao Zedong Communism Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Won Kept Mainland China PRC: People’s Republic of China Initially NOT recognized by the West Chang Kai-Shek Democracy Nationalist Party Lost Fled to Taiwan ROC: Republic of China Initially recognized by the West
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Modern China: Communist China 1949: CCP Victory! (China becomes a Communist Country) Nationalists flee to Taiwan 1958-1962: Great Leap Forward 20 Million people die 1966-76: Cultural Revolution 1976: Mao dies 1978: Deng Xiaoping gains power and forces China’s economy to reform 4 Modernizations Agriculture // Industry // Science // Technology 1980’s: Students begin demonstrating publically Media can discuss social problems openly Possible to travel & student abroad 1989: Protests in Tiananmen Square June 4 th : Tiananmen Square massacre Without the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can never achieve independence and liberation, or industrialization and the modernization of her agriculture On Coalition Government (April 24 1945) Little Red Book
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Cultural Revolution
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Cultural Revolution Links 1)Audio Slideshow- Art and Picture 1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia- pacific/8279176.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia- pacific/8279176.stm 2)The Invisible Man 1)http://www.odditycentral.com/ pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible- man.htmlhttp://www.odditycentral.com/ pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible- man.html
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Where is Mao Zedong now? Mausoleum of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square
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